I gave up

I can not stand it hot! and I budget for the fact I will run my a/c a lot in the summer. Also my other half and I are computer nerds, and gamers and computers do not like the heat, at all. SO to protect our investments we keep the house cooler all year around, which has the added bonus of keeping us happier and more comfy!

I'm pretty sure that I feel the heat more now than when I was younger... I have to say that I actually rather like just sleeping with a sheet on me - even PARTIALLY one me. I have to say that when I was MUCH younger, and lived in a house without a.c., we stuck a window unit in the living room and Maggiepie slept the entire summer in there, I was reasonably happy with the fan in the window blowing over me, even it it was still 90º at MIDNIGHT!

Ours been on for about 3 weeks already but that's because my honey is home all the time and always hot. He has a traveling fan that where ever he sits the fan comes with him. If it was just me I would turn our air conditioner up to 85 for the summer and save on the bill but Mr. always hot needs it on 80. Can't wait till he pays the bills

I somehow fee claustrophobic in a room with an a/c. I prefer my windows open. The fan does the cooling. There being lots of greenery around including the lawn I have on the terrace we do not feel the heat although at times even fans do not help but we are used to this situation.

I'm sweltering right now. In my room there is no place for an air conditioner. We have one that I could have in here but the windows have never opened in 60 years here. A family member tried to get them to open, but they must be nailed shut or glued shut with all the paint. Every year I just use a fan in here. In the late evenings .. around 12 midnight I take a sponge off in my room.. I carry water in with me in the evening and a wash basin... and take a wash off to wash the sweat off me and then I am able to go to sleep.

Ive never had an air conditioner before to be honest, and I dont plan on it. It costs so much it isnt even funny just to run it for short periods and not often. We have fans, and we have a swimming pool as well which helps. The temperatures have been really high here 25C - 35C and Im just melting. Where I petsit they ahve air conditioning and I enjoy it but not getting use to it as I wont pay the high costs of it.

Personally this might be one of the reasons I enjoy living in Washington state as it usually is a lot cooler here than most places, and most of the time you can live without an air conditioner except for maybe July and August if that. I usually just leave a window or two open and a Fan if needed. But as we get older it is harder to keep cool. Sometimes just making sure you have a lot of excess water to drink will help to keep you hydrated and feel a little cooler as well.

I am going to die this summer with the heat. I just bought an air conditioner last year but it tripped the electricity and I had problems with the electricity ever since I moved into the house

WHen Temp hits 85 in the house e turn on the A/C the room I have now has its own but dont work real good as the sun beats down on it and at 95 and above hot in here so I get a cold rag and put on neck and wash face arms and legs with it to ool down

I either enjoy the sun, or migrate to my basement for the day, usually my basement, that is where my computer is. In the winter, I have a little electric fireplace for my computer space. In the summer the basement is just right.

i know it's been so hot but good thing it is not as bad as before. we turn the ac on even when it is not hot because it feels to just be in bed, and tuck ourselves in the blanket hehe. but sometimes, we think about the bill too LOL..

It seems that it has been sweltering hot weather lately there.Here although it is summer too,but it is not such hot as to turn air conditioning on.Recently the temperature hovers around 25 degrees centigrade.Usually we turn on it at 35 °C and above.

Well, if you remember, I live in Austin, Texas and you better have air conditioning in Texas. I have been running my air conditioning for the past month and a half although there have been some days when I have not had to use it. But from here on, we will be using air conditioning until sometime in October. We are already in the low to middle 90's in the daytime. Nights are still very pleasant but my apartment remains warm from the daytime heat so I must continue to use air conditioning even during the nighttime. When I go to sleep, I turn the air conditioning to about 80 and turn on a box fan by the side of my bed.

We also had a very hot week which led to our AC going on as well. We only try to turn it on at night so we can sleep better. We do have a lot of fans. Also something that works really well if gets cooler outside as soon as the sun goes down is turning on the ceiling fan. It is not what you think...it is a fan that opens up slats right from the ceiling. It was installed into our attic. Basically, the purpose is that once you turn it on it sucks up the air in the house(so you open all the windows) and it takes in all the cool air from outside and puts it inside for you! Kind of expensive...but has been worth it for our electric bill.

I really believe that, in spite of my best efforts, I am getting older. I swore that I WOULD GET OLDER, BUT WOULD NEVER GET OLD. I think my body is trying to betray my brain. Allow me to explain that statement. I have been saying for a long time that I will not allow myself to get old. Someone please pinch me, I think I'm in the middle of a very real nightmare, in which I am getting older by the minute and it shows. A week ago I was doing my summer employment and a BIG FLOCK OF BUZZARDS WAS CIRCLING ABOVE ME. I shook my fist at them and informed them that I was absolutely, positively not in any danger of dying so they could just leave and go find a different body to feast on. I don't think I really impressed them much because THEY JUST KEPT ON CIRCLING ABOVE ME. Honestly now, I was very happy to get back to the van and drive off, with the A/C cranked up to the MAX. We all get older but the intelligent folks will know that A/C was MEANT TO BE USED AS NEEDED. Comfort is a GOOD REASON to use it.

Turning on an a.c. entire day/night would literally burn my pocket to pay the electric bills. I used to take a shower before sleeping and put some cooling lotion or spray on my feet t get a good sleep in summer. When your feet are hot your entire body seem to feel hot.

I made hubby put our A/C in last week and I think we've used it everyday thus far. We need to get a couple more for upstairs as we just have the window ones. The upstairs gets really warm!

We have had one day when I wanted to turn the A/C on. Only one so far. I live in my room upstairs most of the time and it can get humid and uncomfortable when it is hot outside. The upstairs A/C is in my room and I have a fan. What I do is open up the windows when it cools off and cool off the place. Then I close up the house during the day when it is warm/hot out. This helps alot until mid July and August. This year has been different so we will see.

I have broke down and turned mine on too. It is so hot here that it is hard to breathe. Sure can't sleep at night with it so hot. I went out this morning to take the dogs out and it was like the middle of the day kind of hot. 90s all weekend long. My pool is even warm enough to swim in which is odd...usually it takes it until the middle of next month to be comfortable. I think that we are in for a very hot summer...we barely had a winter here.

You are right, summer seems hotter now. I prefer to sleep in a room with ac but i should set up at 25 degrees and sleep with a thin blanket. Wow..for sure i can sleep with it. I really don't know exactly summer time in your place, in here, it is so hot from May to August, some years, it is longer till Sept...